The Charles E. Holman Foundation has donated $15,000 to the OSU Foundation in continued support of research on Morgellons Disease at OSU Center for Health Sciences. Holman was a strong advocate for support of research and treatment for the disease. He was not a patient with Morgellons, but was active in an effort to help his wife, Cindy Casey-Holman, R.N., who has Morgellons Disease.

Casey-Holman, and Holman’s mother, Mary Ann Holman, presented the actual gift to OSU-CHS and faculty members Randy S. Wymore, Ph.D., and Rhonda L. Casey, D.O. at the Charles Holman Foundation’s annual scientific and medical conference on Morgellons in Austin, Tex. The gift was commemorated in a presentation on the OSU-CHS campus May 23.

Wymore is an associate professor of pharmacology and principal investigator for the OSU Center for the Investigation of Morgellons Disease. He was a speaker at the annual conference. He said the foundation support would ultimately be part of a Pickens Legacy Scholarship Match. When the Holman Foundation has donated $50,000, the Pickens two for one match will contribute $100,000. This total of $150,000 is for future stipend support for OSU-CHS graduate students interested in researching any aspect of Morgellons Disease.

AMSA is a student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of medical students, premedical students, interns, residents and practicing physicians. Founded in 1950, AMSA is the nation’s oldest and largest independent association of future physicians. As regional director, Detrich is responsible for overseeing and collaborating with AMSA chapters in region nine (Oklahoma and Texas). She also will help plan regional forums.

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